Decryption

Decryption is a process that reverses the earlier encryption to reveal the original information. You can only decrypt encrypted data that was intended for you. In other words, the encrypted data you can decrypt is the data that was encrypted using your public key.

From the main menu, choose "Privacy > Decrypt" to enter this screen. Once entered, you will be presented with a form to enter necessary data to decrypt:

On the toolbar, there are two buttons -- Accept and Start Over. Start Over button is used to clear out the form if you do something wrong and want to start over. Accept is used to start the decryption process after you have filled out the decryption data form. Your secret key is needed for decryption. For this reason, you will need to provide your passphrase to unlock your secret key when needed.

Once the decryption is done, the output will be saved into a file if you have specified one. At the same time, if the output is pure text, the output will also be sent to the data area.

When no output file is specified, the decrypted data is only temporarily stored in memory and not persistent. This maximizes your privacy by leaving no trace on your persistent storage media.